The preview for the next episode of season 17 of Law & Order: SVU shows Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) dealing with a date rape case.

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In the clip for the episode, titled 'A Misunderstanding,' Benson is thrown into a sticky situation in which the guy claims the girl was into it and didn't resist him, whereas the girl claims otherwise. Benson says it's a classic he says she says case.

TVLine had previously reported that Hargitay would be directing an episode which deals with a high school date rape. The latest episode, titled 'Townhouse Incident,' was probably the most intense of the season 17 as Benson was found in a quite deadly predicament, and echo to a hostage situation she had been in before with the criminal Williams Lewis.

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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hargitay spoke about the episode.

"I didn't look at it as a case of something we'd done before, but as a chance to explore how someone who's been through what Olivia has been through handles finding herself in similar circumstances again," she said. "And to find a way of arming herself with the first experience and to work through it in a different way this time." 

Here's the official synopsis:

"A murky he-said, she-said date rape case ruins the futures of two high school students. Directed by Mariska Hargitay."

'A Misunderstanding' will air on Jan. 20 on NBC.

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